January...continued

Our friends (about 8-10 of us) in the apartment want to start a "sausage sizzle Sunday", so we are going to go down tonight by the pool.  It's supposed to be an easy get together with just sausages on the grill, then put on a bun.  I know these people and I don't have any hope that it will just be a lonely sausage on a napkin!  Chips have shown up and a birthday cake at one point and of course the bottle of wine and cans of beer have been snuck down as well.  We are quite the rebels!  :)

On the 26th we drove down to Sunshine Coast beach.  It was a bit windy and our sunshade was flapping about, but the sun and surf were worth it.  They had a coffee shop on the top of the hill and so we grabbed that and a dessert.

January 31- February 2nd we went to Hervey Bay so that Dave could work.  We were staying in the Ramada and this is how it went.....check in and say no to the bargain priced $25 buffet breakfast in the morning. This is a one time discounted rate, but no worries, I know we can eat somewhere across the street cheaper.  They put us in a room on the first floor.  All rooms are horse shoed around the pool area.  This room had a nice patio with a glass wall around it.  It was also a handicapped room....the sink came to below my waist and the bed was lumpy. At this point I might also add that people were out on their balconies having happy hour and watching us.  Ok, then Dave goes to the front desk and says we would like another room and we go up one floor and over a bit.  This room had a cement wall around the patio and if you were sitting in the chairs you couldn't see anything but the bright blue sky...sigh....we decide it's no big deal and Dave goes to wash up for dinner.  "Happy hour People" have now seen us on two balconies...Dave gets out of the bathroom commenting that the sink was stopped up from him washing his face.  Down he goes to the front desk to get us yet another room.  We are now upgraded to a suite that has a kitchenette.  The balcony has glass and we are happy.  Meanwhile the "Happy Hour People" are being entertained and wondering why we keep showing up on different balconies!